clothes pin / peg
a daily, mundane, banal object, which we all seem
to posses, though we rarely look at. the ‘silent
servants’….. an object so basic yet so useful,
that has the quality of serving many functions in
addition to it’s original one.
quote from design boom ‘clothes peg iconography’
I am fascinated with clothes pegs, all the wonderful things you can make from them, clothes pin / peg dolls are so adorable and so versatile. List of resources and ideas here.
This interest in clothes pegs has been re-ignited by my discovery of this exhibition, from the collections of yoav ziv and
gad charny, curated jointly with yaacov kaufman, found through art for housewives, at design boom.
one piece plastic versions of the original wooden pegs
variations on a theme -’gypsy’ peg, classical turned wood peg, and two current versions - ‘back to nature’ and a peg with a hinge and a tension element made from recycled bicycle tube.
August 26th, 2006 at 4:26 am
how wonderful that you posted about this today - just a couple of days ago i picked up 65(!) old wooden french pegs… now i will have all kinds of inspiration. thanks.
August 26th, 2006 at 6:59 am
I use them on the clothesline! (well, actually, a fence…)
I love that this yet another small daily item that can be handmade. We are so lacking in general, in (US) culture, when it comes to the handmade.
August 27th, 2006 at 6:14 am
i have always been smitten with clothes pegs. when we visit my husband’s family each year in germany i always buy an antique one or three for my collection. i don’t collect anything else, but love love love those pegs. i just keep them in use mostly on bags and the line and the more fragile ones in a small wooden bowl.
August 27th, 2006 at 7:23 pm
I love this post!
September 1st, 2006 at 12:27 pm
I would just like to find a nice sturdy clothes pin that doesn’t twist apart when the wind blows my clothes!
October 13th, 2006 at 8:18 pm
hello, I would like to know more about the history of clothes pegs. Do you have any tips?
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:54 pm
I too am interested in clothes pegs, but from an Engineering point of view. I am fascinated by the lengths people have gone to beat the original and subsequent patents.
My friends think I am a bit peculiar … and call me a peg maniac because I obviously suffer from peglomania.
Have a look at my blog for a few stories, photos and a smidgeon of history.